Hui
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Hui by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Hui.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Hui
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hui. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Hui
Names that are said the same way as Hui, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.